At the end of the line
Subtitle: Colonial policing and the imperial endgame, 1945-80
By: Georgina Sinclair.
Series: Studies in imperialism; Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780719071386
Subjects: Police -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.; Decolonization -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "At the end of the line is the first comprehensive study of the colonial police and their complex, and sometimes controversial, role within Britain's long and turbulent process of decolonisation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Towards an understanding of colonial policing: exploring policing models; title: Transferring policing models: Irish and English influences in Canada; title: 'Too little, too late': post-war reforms within the Colonial Police Service; title: Policing the British Caribbean; title: Policing colonial conflict in the Mediterranean and the Middle East; title: Policing conflict in British colonial Africa; title: Policing colonial conflict in Southeast Asia; title: 'Political policing?' Pawns in the imperial endgame; title: Remnants of Empire.